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March 2015

The Deputy Commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), Shollay Davies and the Director of Intelligence, Investigations and Prosecutions ACC, Reginald Fynn Jnr. attended a two day consultative conference on 26th and 27th February 2014 organized

The New Haven City of Connecticut is sending four new ambulances and $16,000 worth of medical supplies to Ebola ravaged Sierra Leone.  (Photo:  A view of one of the ambulances) This disclosure was made by Hon.

Africa produces 9.9 million tonnes of fish a year and yet its share of global trade in this valuable commodity is just 4.9% NAIROBI, Kenya,March 2, 2015/ -- A new pan-African project has been launched to

Systemic corruption in the health sector in West Africa hurt the response to the Ebola epidemic that has already killed more than 9,500 men, women and children. Poor risk monitoring in managing the aid funds

President, Ernest Bai Koroma last Friday visited some of those quarantined in Aberdeen village, central Freetown and Tombo fishing village, in the outskirts of the city, to mobilize inhabitants for the Ebola fight. The President was

Freeplay Energy, the UK-based manufacturer of self-powered radios and lighting systems, is joining with global development charity BRAC to help girls and young women in Ebola-hit Sierra Leone to continue their studies and safeguard their

KINSHASA, DRC & MCLEAN, VA, 3rd March 2015,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Hilton Worldwide, the world's fastest growing hospitality company, today announced the signing of a franchise agreement with Africa Hospitality Investments to open the full-service

Sierra Leone has taken part in the Ministerial Conference of the Ministers of Science and Technology of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Member States which was held in Tehran, the capital of the Islamic Republic of

Freetown, Mar. 3, 015 (MOHS) - The Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Dr. Saran Kamara, has reiterated the need for sustainable training on Infection Prevention Control ahead of the Post Ebola

Innovative bankrolling gains popularity and raises high hopes among key countries It is an audacious $4.8 billion project undertaken by one of the world’s poorest countries.  At the construction site in the Benishangul region of Ethiopia

Just days after his 29th birthday, Sierra Leonean forward Shaka Bangura was announced by the Atlanta Silverbacks.  Bangura appeared in six matches – starting five – with Atlanta in 2014. Bangura joins Jaime Chavez and

Rail to link Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria and Togo  On the dual carriageway linking the main airport to downtown Niamey, the capital of Niger, workers are busy digging trenches in the middle

As government insists on the reopening of schools by the end of this month, teachers and parents are equally reluctant to send their kids to school out of fear of Ebola.  As for the teachers

Truly speaking, it is an open secret that Sierra Leoneans, especially the so-called politicians and senior civil servants  who see corruption as a way of life therefore, they should take it as a profession  at

Freetown, Feb. 27, 015 (SLENA) - The Minister of Health and Sanitation, Dr. Abu Bakarr Fofanah has presented key issues on its Post Ebola Recovery Plan to members of the Health Sector Coordinating Committee towards